Sugar Cube Tray and Tongs, 1905-1930
THF373740 / Sugar Cube Tray and Tongs, 1905-1930
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Artifact Overview
Marshall Field and Company made this Arts and Crafts-style tray and tongs set available through its department stores. The tray and tongs show hammer marks, emphasizing hand craftsmanship -- a tenet of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Ironically, these marks were created in a factory, making the set affordable to a larger number of consumers.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Tray
Date Made
1905-1930
Creators
Creator Notes
Made for Marshall Field & Company
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Collections Gallery
Object ID
83.141.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Silver (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: 8 in (tray)
Width: 1.75 in (tray)
Length: 3 in (tongs)
Inscriptions
stamped on bottom of tray:
MF & Co / STERLING / COLONIAL / 1165
stamped on arm of tongs:
MF & Co STERLING COLONIAL / 2043
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Related Content
SetAmerican Arts and Crafts Movement
- 22 Artifacts
The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in the 1860s and 1870s in England, then the most industrialized country in the world. Theorists and designers promoted a return to an idealized past where artists and craftsmen collaborated to create beautiful and useful objects. Many of the movement's ideas spread to the United States by 1900. Here is a representative group of objects from our collection, featuring high-end to mass-market examples.